Byzantium and the Modern Greek Identity

Ricks, David; Magdalino, Paul

ISBN 10: 0860786137 / ISBN 13: 9780860786139

Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd, 1998

About this Item

This collection of commissioned essays aims to present an overview of some of the different tendencies manifested by modern Greek attitudes to Byzantium since the late 18th-century Enlightenment. Series Editor(s): Trapp, Professor Michael. Series: Publications of the Centre for Hellenic Studies, King's College, London. Num Pages: 200 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DVG; ACK; HBJD; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 472. . 1998. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Byzantium and the Modern Greek Identity
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0860786137
• ISBN 13: 9780860786139
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Perhaps because of the fact that modern Greece is, through the Orthodox Church, inextricably linked with the Byzantine heritage, the precise meaning of this heritage, in its various aspects, has hitherto been surprisingly little discussed by scholars. This collection of specially commissioned essays aims to present an overview of some of the different, and often conflicting, tendencies manifested by modern Greek attitudes to Byzantium since the late eighteenth-century Enlightenment. The aim is to show just how formative views of Byzantium have been for modern Greek life and letters: for historiography and imaginative literature, on the one hand, and on the other, for language, law, and the definition of a culture. All Greek has been translated, and the volume is aimed at Byzantinists and Neohellenists alike.

About the Author

David Ricks, Paul Magdalino